I've chosen to go to Toledo, I can't remember why. Vague memories of Don Quixote, from a novel by Cervantes maybe, long ago read but...

I'm off to meet the daughter in Barcelona - as you do. She's booked us in to see Mumford & Sons. Very excited. On the plane to Spain,I'm...

This place has never done a great deal for me, I’m a child of the cities where I can walk and watch people, look at art and search for...

Mantova ,someone told me, is a city of mists; low lying, surrounded by lakes. I arrive to find it filled with Italian tourists, grey but...

So I booked an Air BnB for four nights in my spirit city so I could live as a honorary Venetian for a few days. My vision was to go to...

I meet the daughter in #Bologna. The hotel I booked that suggested it was in the centre, isn't. It's like a Fawlty Towers scenario. The...

I'm forsaking France for Italy, #Sanremo is the next stop. On the way the train is stopped as a windsurfer has been blown onto the...